Max Sawicky wrote:
If DN made inferences about black/white marginal productivity from a
specification like this, I'm not sure I want him on my side.
Yeah, but who cares about that? He's saying what the people who write
grant checks want to hear.
Doug
I should add a word about the real David Neumark, since I knew him slightly
at Michigan State. He is the #1 labor economist in the econ department
there, which means he is crucial to personnel decisions, research
applications, etc. in that field (at that school). He is fairly typical of
"star"
Peter Dorman wrote:
When I left he was just completing work on discrimination and productivity.
His "contribution" was to use "white male labor", "black female labor", etc.
as separate inputs into aggregate production function analysis, determine
the productivity ratios between the groups, and
Peter Dorman wrote:
I should add a word about the real David Neumark, since I knew him slightly
at Michigan State. He is the #1 labor economist in the econ department
there, which means he is crucial to personnel decisions, research
applications, etc. in that field (at that school). He
Q = f([white male labor input], [black male labor input], [white female labor
input], [black female labor input], [other labor input, I assume], capital input)
Assume Q = [input 1] ^B1 x [input 2] ^B2 x ... x [input n] ^Bn is the form for n
inputs, and use translog methods to estimate the B's.
At 03:38 PM 8/31/00 -0700, you wrote:
Honestly, if David Neumark has changed his views on the minimum wage, it
really would be no big deal. He is ready to embrace any result produced by
the right theory, the right data set, and the right methods, given what
"right" means in this context.
If DN made inferences about black/white marginal productivity from a
specification like this, I'm not sure I want him on my side.
mbs
Q = f([white male labor input], [black male labor input], [white female
labor
input], [black female labor input], [other labor input, I assume], capital
input)
Don't worry, I don't think he is...
Max Sawicky wrote:
If DN made inferences about black/white marginal productivity from a
specification like this, I'm not sure I want him on my side.
mbs
Q = f([white male labor input], [black male labor input], [white female
labor
input], [black
